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To: arrogantsob
unfortunately however the case ( United States v. Wong Kim Ark 1898) does change what the founders believed (what Vattel wrote in the law of nations) that subjugation or citizenship flowed from the fathers citizenship not the place of birth.

“The evident intention, and the necessary effect, of the submission of this case to the decision of the court upon the facts agreed by the parties were to present for determination the single question stated at the beginning of this opinion, namely, whether a child born in the United States, of parent of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicil and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China, becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States. For the reasons above stated, this court is of opinion that the question must be answered in the affirmative.

Order affirmed. “

15 posted on 02/17/2011 2:50:10 PM PST by waynesa98
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To: waynesa98

Those were people who were here with the sanction of the US immigration laws not those who sneak in illegally.


92 posted on 02/19/2011 7:23:10 PM PST by arrogantsob
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